Taking advantage of cold weather prevailing in the district for the last few days, a section of warm clothes sellers are doing brisk business in the town.

The cold affected people are compelled to purchase new and second-hand warm clothes at higher rate than that of previous years. 

Sale of winter clothes has increased at the roadside makeshift shops and different markets in the town as cold weather has been prevailing in the region for the last few days. Char people in the district are the worst affected.

People belonging to low and fixed income groups are crowding the makeshift shops to buy warm clothes such as sweaters, jackets, cardigans, woolen caps and mufflers to protect themselves from the chilly weather.

Rickshaw puller Nuhubar Ali, 45, hailing from Char Kalmati village in Sadar upazila said as chill gripped the district for the last few days, the traders almost doubled the price of warm clothes.

"I bought a second-hand jacket at Tk 120 from a market in the town recently while it was Tk 65 last year," he said.  

Shopkeeper Shariful Islam at a roadside makeshift market near Mogholhat railway gate in the town said he sold a number of second-hand warm clothes in the last few days as its demand is much higher than for the new ones.